Tommy Burton's 28 points led St. Jude past Keith on Tuesday in the Class 1A Central Regional at the ASU Acadome.

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Ethan Bernal
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It didn't matter if it was injury or foul trouble, nothing was stopping St. Jude from taking its next step toward repeat on Tuesday night.

The No. 1 Pirates led by 15 at the half, and cruised to an 83-60 win over No. 4 Keith in the Class 1A Central Regional semifinal at the Dunn-Oliver Acadome at Alabama State.

"I felt like we did what we had to do to win, but there are still some things we need to fix," St. Jude coach Earl Taylor said. "We're going to get back to practice tomorrow and get ready for Loachapoka." ...